Type: Judgment

Authority: National Courts: Supreme Courts (England) - House of Lords

Date: 06/17/2009

Subject: The HoL analyzes the significance of the norms of section 85(4) and (5) of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act of 2002 on family rejoining, with regard to the situation of two Somalian citizens, whose claim for entry in the United Kingdom, sponsored by their cousin who enjoyed refugee status, had been rejected. The Court recalls the ECHR’s norms on the protection of family life.

Original language: English

Classification: Freedoms - Art. 7 Privacy - Art. 9 Right to found a family - Art. 19 Expulsion

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